Prosecutors ask prison until age 98 for McGuire

Prosecutors want to send Melanie McGuire away for good, or at least until she turns 98 years old, according to a report in the Home News Tribune.

In a sentencing memorandum sent to Superior Court Judge Frederick DeVesa, Assistant Attorney General Patricia Prezioso has asked for the maximum penalties against McGuire.

McGuire, 34, was convicted on April 23 of murder, desecration of human remains, a weapons offense and perjury in connection with the slaying of her 39-year-old husband, William McGuire, in their Woodbridge apartment in April 2004.

McGuire drugged, shot and dismembered her husband, then threw three matching suitcases containing his remains into Chesapeake Bay, prosecutors said.

Her sentencing is scheduled for July 19 in Superior Court, New Brunswick.